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54a. L. submarasmioides Sacc. (from its slight resemblance to a
species of Marasmius) a I.
P. umbonate, tough, arachnoid-squamulose, white to pale buff ;;
um. rufous ; marg. subplicate, cracking. St. at first arachnoid-
pruinose, white. A. superior, movable. G. membranous-
tough. Flesh tough, rufous within towards base.
Low ground at Worcester. Sept. I X 2j x J in.
f . Viscida.
55. L. medullata Gill, (from its pith-bearing stem ; medulla, pith) a i .
White or grey-white.
P. umbonate ; marg. appendiculate with V. St. with a removable
pith.
Odour of radish or mephitic like 35. Woods, fir. Aug.-Oct. 2 X 3j X J in.
Compare 58. Resembles 1188 in stature, colour and viscidity of pileus.
56. L. glioderma Gill, (from the clammy pileus ; Gr. gloios, clammy,,
derma, skin) a c.
P. brownish-red. St. dry, floccoso-scaly below, white or buff-white.
Woods, thickets, pine; uncommon. July-Sept. i f X 34 X J in.
57. L. delicata Gill, (delicate) a b.
P. thin, subumbonate, rufescent, yellowish, pale rose or brownish.
St. dry, floccoso-scaly below, whitish.
Taste and odour sometimes rank, like Polyporus squamosus. Hothouses,
woods, stumps, etc. Sept. I f X I X 4 in.
58. L. illinita Quél, (from the glutinous pileus ; illinitus, besmeared)
a b.
P. umbonate white, varying to ochreous or clay-colour with a
brown um. St. glutinous below. A. well developed on St.,
or appendiculate at edge of P.
Woods. Aug.-Sept. 2J x 3 f X tV in- Compare 55 and 1188.
59. L. Georgina; Sacc. (after Georgina E. Johnstone) a b.
White, all parts becoming bright crimson when touched. P .
viscido-pruinose. Brown when dry.
Taste and odour none. On sphagnum in greenhouses. May-Nov.
I f X 24 x 4 in.
IV. HIATULA Mont.
(From the furrows on the pileus ; Gr. hio, to gape.)
Hymenophore distinct from the stem. Veil universal, manifest
in the granular or powdery covering, and sometimes in the appendiculate
margin of the pileus. Pileus fleshy to membranous. Stem
central, simple. Gills free. Spores normally white, sometimes
greenish or green as in Lepiota. (Fig. 13.)
Differing from Lepiota in the absence of an annulus, and agreeing
in structure with Pluteus, Pluteolus, and Pilosace.
Pileus somewhat fleshy. 60, 60a
Pileus membranous, sulcate. 60b, 60e.
60. H. Eyrei W. G. Sm., Schulzeria Eyrei Mass. (after Rev. W. L. W.
Eyre) a b e.
P. broadly umbonate, smooth, pallid; mid. minutely granular
ochreous; marg. incurved, appendiculate with V. St. smooth,
L)
Fig. 13.—A, section through H ia tu la E y r e i
W. G. Sm. ; B, ditto, H . lycoperdoides W.
G. Sm. ; c, ditto, H . W yn n iæ B. & Br.
One-half natural size.
even, glabrous, minutely mealy above, pallid. G. free, narrowed
behind, thin, crowded then distant, pale green then deep bluish-
green. Spores same colour as G.
Gregarious. Taste and odour none. Under spruce-firs. Autumn.
l | X 24 X 4in.
60a. H. lycoperdoides W. G. Sm., Schulzeria lycoperdoides Cooke &
Mass. (from a resemblance in the pileus to certain species of
Lycoperdon as 2063 and 2064) a b.
P. convex, then expanded, soft, buff-ivory, beset with pyramidal
silky-fibrous dark brown warts ; marg. appendiculate. St. solid,
equal, minutely fibrillose, whitish ; faintly buff-ivory below.
G. somewhat crowded, white. Flesh white, pale buff-brown
under cuticle of P.
Taste and odour none. Under cedars. Autumn, i f X i j X i f in.
60b. H. WvNNEÆ B. & Br. (after Mrs. Lloyd Wynne).
P. campanulate then plane, subumbonate, pulverulent, white ;
mid. brownish. St. hollow. G. free, at first very slightly
adnexed, somewhat distant, with a shrivelled appearance as
in 41. Has been observed emitting a greenish phosphorescent
light.
Stoves, on wood.
60e. H. grange! W. G. Sm., Schulzeria grangei Eyre (from the
original locality. Grange Park, Hants).
P. flatly umbonate, cracking into dark green fibrous scales on a
white ground. St. squamose, sq. tipped with colour of P.
G. widest in front, minutely denticulate.
Cæspitose. On soil amongst beech-leaves. Nov. 1§ X 2 | X 4 in.
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